List of public art in Greenwich

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This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Deptford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Memorial to Margaret McMillan Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street

51°28′53″N 0°01′23″W / 51.4814°N 0.0230°W		 1932 Sir Herbert Baker (architect) Grade II [1]
Peter the Great Glaisher Street 2001 Cleve Severin Statue
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Greenwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images		 George II Old Royal Naval College

51°29′01″N 0°00′21″W / 51.48361°N 0.00595°W		 1735 Rysbrack, John MichaelJohn Michael Rysbrack Statue Grade II [2]

More images		 The Immortality of Nelson Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College 1809–12 West, BenjaminBenjamin West and Joseph Panzetta Architectural relief sculpture Coade stone Grade I [3][4]

More images		 William IV King William Walk

51°28′48″N 0°00′24″W / 51.47989°N 0.00654°W		 1845 Nixon, SamuelSamuel Nixon Statue Grade II [5]

More images		 Memorial to Joseph René Bellot Cutty Sark Gardens

51°29′01″N 0°00′28″W / 51.48364°N 0.00786°W		 1855 Hardwick, PhilipPhilip Hardwick Obelisk Grade II [2]

More images		 Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–4) King William Walk

51°29′00″N 0°00′33″W / 51.4833°N 0.0091°W		 after 1864
?
 Obelisk Grade II [6]

More images		 General James Wolfe Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park

51°28′40″N 0°00′03″W / 51.47782°N 0.00085°W		 1927 McKenzie, Robert TaitRobert Tait McKenzie Statue Grade II

More images		 Sir Walter Raleigh Old Royal Naval College

51°28′59″N 0°00′31″W / 51.48306°N 0.00867°W		 1959 McMillan, WilliamWilliam McMillan Statue Grade II Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[7] Moved to this site in 2001[8] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[9] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC.

More images		 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge Greenwich Park 1961–76 Moore, HenryHenry Moore Sculpture N/A [10]
Dolphin Sundial Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory 1977–8 Daniel, ChristopherChristopher Daniel and Edwin Russell Sundial with sculpture N/A

More images		 Captain James Cook National Maritime Museum

51°28′50″N 0°00′17″W / 51.48051°N 0.0048°W		 1994 Weller, ArthurArthur Weller Statue N/A [11]

More images		 Prime Meridian marker Royal Observatory 1999 Garzia, ChristinaChristina Garzia Sculpture N/A

More images		 The Throne of Earthly Kings Devonport House 2004 Hameury, FrançoisFrançois Hameury Sculpture N/A [12]

More images		 Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle National Maritime Museum 2010 Shonibare, YinkaYinka Shonibare Sculpture N/A

More images		 Yuri Gagarin Royal Observatory 2011 Novikov, AnatolyAnatoly Novikov Statue Zinc alloy N/A [13]

North Greenwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Quantum Cloud Greenwich Peninsula

51°30′07″N 0°00′33″E / 51.50185°N 0.00913°E		 2000 Antony Gormley Sculpture
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Slice of Reality Greenwich Peninsula

51°30′15″N 0°00′01″W / 51.50418°N 0.00028°W		 2000 Richard Wilson Sculpture
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 [14]

Woolwich

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Afghan and Zulu War Memorial Repository Road

51°28′57″N 0°03′16″E / 51.4824°N 0.0545°E		 1881/3? Victor Gleichen Megalithoid with sculpture Stone and copper(?) 5.72 m high Grade II [15]
Assembly Royal Arsenal

51°29′41″N 0°04′12″E / 51.49485°N 0.070059°E		 Peter Burke Sculptures
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Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs Outside the Dial Arch pub, Royal Arsenal
?
 Sculpture
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References

  1. ↑ "Memorial to Margaret McMillan at Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Greenwich". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  3. ↑ "Nelson Pediment", Discover Nelson in Greenwich, retrieved 10 April 2015
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Royal Naval College South West Building King William's Quarter (1211426)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ↑ Samuel Nixon (c.1803–1854) Accessed 16 January 2010
  6. ↑ "Monument to Officers and Men Who Fell in New Zealand Campaign 1863–64 (At North East Part of College, Greenwich". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Blackwood 1989, p. 306
  8. ↑ "Sir Walter's legacy". BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sir Walter Raleigh’s Statue". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 12 April 1999.
  10. ↑ "Standing Figure: Knife Edge", National Recording Project (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association), retrieved 8 April 2015
  11. ↑ http://www.jimbatty.com/IMG/london/greenwich/5A122923.html
  12. ↑ "The Throne of Earthly Kings", The Greenwich Phantom, 7 November 2007, retrieved 8 April 2015
  13. ↑ "Yuri Gagarin statue at the Royal Observatory". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  14. ↑ http://www.richardwilsonsculptor.com/projects/slice%20of%20reality.html
  15. ↑ "Afghan and Zulu Wars Memorial". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

Bibliography

External links

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